During is annual convention, the Association québécoise d'établissements de santé et services sociaux presented its AQESSS awards to institutions that have implemented innovative projects to improve services to the public. Douglas Communications Team Wins AQESSS "Coup de coeur" Award.

In September 2008, a small internal team began developing a prefeasibility study to support the Douglas infrastructure renewal project. On Wednesday, May 20th, our Board of Directors passed a resolution endorsing the study, and approving its submissio

Marie-Josée Fleury, PhD, coordinated the special issue of the magazine Santé mentale au Québec dedicated to first-line mental health, for which she also wrote the editorial. This issue has a range of articles from researchers, cli .

The Douglas Mental Health University Institute will be hosting an international conference on the use of Internet in mental health care, May 14 to 16 2009.

The Douglas welcomes researchers on Post-traumatic stress disorders from around the world.

Children's mental health was the theme of the Douglas Institute Foundation's 12th annual Open Minds Benefit, held March 11 at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure. In the presence of Ministers Yves Bolduc (Health and Social Services) and Kathlee

Individual placement and support (IPS) to find employment: Relevance of this model for Quebec.

Nurses working in psychiatric care believe that patients agree to being put into isolation if they cooperate or remain passive. This is one of the main findings from a research report led by Caroline Larue, PhD, from Hôpital Louis-H. L

A conference held last week at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute examined the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and ice storms on mental health. According to panelists, the stress caused by living through one of thes

Imagine if:  A patient’s file indicates that he has been receiving treatment and a team is handling his follow-up care – fourteen months after he died. You see patients’ names on a waiting list when, in fact, they a